it's nice that the texas rangers come in and give us extra motivation. always nice to play another team in our division. they're chasing us, you know. so they're going to have to, you know, bring their a game and so are we. >> i wouldn't disagree with that. i mean, there's two months' baseball yet to be played. so i think any series, once you get into august and especially when you're playing your division rival in close proximity in the standings, it always takes on a little bit more importance. but you'll be saying that the next time we play them and probably every series leading up. but i think it makes for good fun you know that we have them here on a weekend right now. they're playing completely opposite they were playing a week ago. i mean they get three walk offs in a row and a good game out of darvish yesterday. so they're playing pretty good right now. so it should make for an exciting series. >> reporter: and despite the athletics' epic come back, the players told me they feel like they have revenge on their mind, because this season, the range